Man… The Bush administration and all those redneck fans sure devastated the career of the Dixie Chicks, didn’t they?

I mean, how can they survive with all that oppression surrounding them?

We love it when the unexpected happens - and it did at the Grammy awards.

The big winners of the night were the Dixie Chicks.

They swept the board with their hit single Not Ready To Make Nice, a song which bashes President Bush.

The Chicks walked home with the best album, record and song of the year, as well as best country album and best country group performance - meaning they won in every category they had been nominated in.

“I think people are using their freedom of speech here tonight with all these awards. We get the message… I’m very humbled,” said singer Natalie Maines, accepting the coveted best album award.

Wow… So they won a whole bunch of Grammys for bashing the President. Their album has gone gold (possibly platinum; I’m not 100% sure to be honest, and I don’t really care). They’ve reduced the number of shows for lack of ticket sales in the states that put them on the map (ie: red states) and are increasingly doing shows in Europe and Canada.

By shunning their roots and changing their entire musical repertoire, suddenly the Dixie Chicks have become a quality act that the Grammys finally recognize.

Now that the new and improved Dixie Chicks can count a few Grammys and some self-congratulating pats on the back from the industry, can we maybe stop abusing the people who supposedly martyred them and turned their back on them, and can we finally put to bed the myth that they were being silenced and oppressed?

via Sky News

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